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Friday May 16, 2025

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11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

New York Trunk Show Creatives

11 am – 7 pm

Sarah & Sandeep NYC Luxury Trunk Show

Expo
Free

6 West 48th street 8th floor New York,New York,

SISWIM Graphics

11 am – 5 pm

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT SOCIAL CLUB

:iidrr GalleryLower East Side

11 am – 12:30 pm

The Young Lords – The Musical – Staged Reading

Free
Theater

The Producers Club Theaters & BarManhattan

4 Artists

Noon – 5 pm

TABLA RASA GALLERY’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION: IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa GalleryBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa GalleryBrooklyn

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the WaterfrontBrooklyn

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

The Space In Between

1 – 7 pm

The Space In Between

Art
Free

All Street GalleryEast village

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2 – 7 pm

Easter Bunny Photo Experiences

The Shops at Atlas ParkGlendale

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All day

TADA! Youth Theater Presents Game Changers

Ages: All
Family
Theater

TADA! Youth TheaterChelsea

2:30 – 6:30 pm

Family Fun Day

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Rufus King ParkQueens

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3 – 4 pm

The Journey of Pura Belpré’s Tales

Ages: 3 – 12
Family
Theater

Teatro SEALower East Side

Manhattan Teens Take The Met

4 – 8 pm

Teens Take The Met

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtManhattan

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtManhattan

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5 – 9 pm

Date Night at the Met

The Met Fifth AvenueUpper East Side

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5 – 10 pm

Decade Downtown Dance Party by DJ Justin Strauss and Public Records

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Draft

5 – 8 pm

May Family Shabbat: Bring a Friend

Ages: 3 – 12
Community
Family
Food & Drink

Temple Emanu-ElStaten Island

5 – 8 pm

The Pepsi Challenge

Yankee StadiumBronx

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5:30 – 7 pm

Reading & Drawing Event with Andrea Cáceres

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family

artudioBrooklyn

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6 – 9 pm

Torch and Crown: Music with Shawn Parsons (@alabamashawn) & Matthew Lee & The Standbys (@mattyandthestandbys)

Torch and CrownManhattan

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6 – 8:30 pm

Shake Things Up at Liquid Lab NYC’s Signature Mixology Class at Elsie Rooftop on 5/16

Food & Drink

Elsie Rooftop NYCManhattan

SPNA Spring Gala

6 – 9 pm

Stuyvesant Square Park Spring Fundraising Gala

Fundraisers

St. George’s Episcopal ChurchNY

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6 – 9 pm

NoMad Design District Night: Fireclay Tile

Free

26 W 20th St, New York, NY 10011NoMad

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6 – 11 pm

19th Annual Feast by the Shore

Tappen ParkStaten Island

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6:30 – 9:30 pm

Anna Maria Villa sings at Vetro Restaurant & Lounge

Nightlife

Vetro Restaurant & LoungeHoward Beach

Satellite Collective Event

7 – 10 pm

Satellite Collective’s Tribeca Show 2025

Manhattan

7 – 9 pm

EPIC Players Theatre presents Seussical the Musical: A Neuro-Inclusive Production

A.R.T/New YorkManhattan

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7 – 8:30 pm

CRACKED OPEN

Theatre RowManhattan

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